More Training?! [Private]

Kirito woke in a similar manner to the way he had many times before. It was becoming a common occurrence for him to awaken with Isobu on his mind. He needed to begin working on training himself to be able to fight the massive beast to fully gain control over it's power. Getting out of bed, the boy would get dressed and make his way back to the training ground. Today he would work on another portion of the fighting style he had created, the Cutting Fist. The principle of this style was to form the body into a living weapon using the Steel Release. It would definitely take some practice, but he was sure he could make this dream into a reality.

Upon arriving at the training field, Kirito would begin doing some physical warm ups like push ups, sit ups and a few laps around the training field. He had just finished these, when he decided to run through a few of the katas he had made up. It appeared as though he was swinging a sword and performing punches, but it was really him practicing for when he made his fist into a sword. Once he had done some Katas, he would begin to mold chakra around his body to get ready to begin actually attempting the technique.

So, the first technique he would be training was the Piercing Tiger. It fell into the Kenjutsu class of techs he would be learning, so he needed to create a sword. Focusing his chakra, he would send a stream of it out just in front of his fist. Upon trying for twenty minutes, nothing was happening. So, he needed to focus more on the actual forming of the blade before he could move onto the actual usage of the technique. Focusing in his chakra, he would begin to attempt to solidify it into steel by pumping the steel type chakra into it.

It took several minutes, but finally, he managed to form a blade. This blade however looked like absolute garbage and would probably fall apart during an actual fight, so he let it dissipate before trying again. This is the way he needed to do this if he was ever going to be able to do this technique correctly, he would need to be able to form a decent blade. It was a critical part of his training regime and as such, he needed to get the formation of said blade down to the point that a blade master would be amazed at his skill.

He continued the process of trial and error, and that's truly what this was, trial and error. He would form a blade, and it would be too short. So, he would allow it to dissolve back into chakra. He would form another blade, it would be too wide or too narrow, so he would allow it to dissolve. He needed a very specific kind of blade for this technique to work properly. Focusing again, he would form one that, at its base, was just as wide as his fist and gradually got thinner as it went up, to the point. It was around two feet long, which is exactly what he needed for this to work.

Swinging the blade a few times, he found it to be somewhat heavy, so it was sluggish. He realized that he could remedy this by applying chakra to his limbs to increase the speed of the attacks. So, he would swing the blade a bit more to get the hang of using it attached to him as opposed to simply holding it like a normal weapon. It was interesting to say the least, but he was beginning to get the hang of the jutsu.

This technique was mostly a jabbing combo attack. It was comprised of a series of five jabs that were supposed to get successively faster with each jab. It was simple to describe, but difficult to pull off. He ran forwards and hit the first lunge into a training dummy, rushing off a short distance away, he would come from another angle, pushing himself to go just a little bit faster. Going for the third jab, he would push more into it going even faster. The fourth jab was pulling a lot out of him, moving faster than any of the previous jabs, but not at his maximum speed. To most though, he would simply seem to appear with his blade stabbed into the dummy and then vanish again.

Going for the final stab he was moving at a speed that he had only been able to reach in sage mode. He was still not quite used to the speed as it seemed that time was moving slowly when he want this fast. The first step, then the next, then the next. His fist raised to preform the final jab, the next step and another. Thrusting forwards, he would trip and go crashing into the post the dummy was built on. Looks like he was almost there, but needed a bit more practice.

Starting over, he would form the blade and dash forwards putting chakra into his legs and arms as he moved. Thrusting once, he would dash off to another angle for the next push. Faster, faster, he needed to be quick to make this technique successful. The second hit landed perfectly right between the third and fourth ribs. He vanished again moving faster than before, striking from another angle. The third strike was a success as well and the fourth was successful. He had hit the same area four times successfully all while hitting from different angles. Now, for the fifth and fastest of the strikes.

Dashing off from directly in front of the dummy, he would pull his fist back in preparation for the jab. He was five steps away from the dummy. The second step, bringing his fist forwards. The third, pushing it forwards all the way and locking it in place. The fourth, charging forwards the last step as if holding a spear. The final step, jabbing his bladed hand directly into the "heart" of the dummy.